Group Outline

Riva Group is formed by several companies operating in the iron and steel production industry and its related activities. It is the outright leader of the sector in Italy, the 4^th  in Europe and 21^th  in the world.

This position has been attained over half a century and is the result of a watchful expansion policy put in place by the acquisition of a large number of companies, the main one being  the privatization  and take over of ILVA from IRI Group in 1995.
Currently the Group owns 35 production sites: 18 are located in Italy where most of the steel (over 61%) is currently manufactured and about 68% of the turnover is achieved; the remaining are located in Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Greece, Tunisia and Canada. In addition, Riva Group operates 26 Service Centres and Trading Companies.

The Companies of the Group cover all stages of the steel manufacturing process, from the production of liquid steel (by both integrated-cycle and electric-furnace technologies) through hot and cold rolling, to the manufacture of high value added coated products with special finishes.

In 2010, the Group produced 14 millions tons of raw steel, 6.1 of black coils, 3.8 of wire rod, 1.9 of concrete reinforcing steel, 0.9 of rolled bars and billets, 0.8 of quarto plates.

Core steel production is complemented by side and synergistic activities such as maritime logistics (by means of its 100% owned fleet operating 12 units among which 8 innovative ocean barges, 30,000 DWT and 16,000 DWT capacity each and displaced by four powerful “tug pushers” deserve to be highlighted), the recovery of scrap (one plant in Canada and one crushing plant in France), the production of refractory materials (four Riva factories in Italy) and the production of rolling cylinders (with one dedicated factory in Italy).

The total workforce adds up to 21,895 permanent employees with an increasing number of skilled profiles with either academic or technical school backgrounds as it is demanded by the ever evolving best practices in industry and advancements in technology.

The Group serves almost the entire range of steel-market segments both in the E.U. and on global scale, particularly the automotive, white-goods, construction, welded pipes (both onshore and offshore transportation) sectors which originate increasing requirements of high technical standards to be met.

The development policies adopted by the Group Management are being pursued with the highest consideration of how industrial activities do interplay with their hosting environment, always seeking to achieve in operations the highest scale of integration with the diverse social and economic local contexts.

The Group, 100% owned by the Riva family, is chaired by its founder Eng. Emilio Riva, leading the business with his sons and nephews, who fill managerial – and quite often interchangeable - key positions.

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